Queensland Health stops collecting overpayments, for now, to refocus on fixing underpayments. In another twist to Queensland Health's payroll problems, Premier Anna Bligh has put a moratorium on chasing overpayments. The about face follows heavy campaigning by the Queensland Nurses ...

Funding agreement for interdisciplinary mental health networks extended. The Mental Health Professionals Network (MHPN), an initiative of the Department of Health and Ageing, has announced its operational contract is to be extended. Given that the current funding agreement formally ended ...

The final Caring for Older Australians report has been handed to the government. The completion of the Productivity Commission's final report into aged care should be the first step toward urgent reform of Australia's under-resourced aged care sector, says the ...

NSW residents have access to real-time information on the number of patients waiting in emergency departments. A website that shows updated information on waiting times at NSW emergency wards has gone live. Health minister Jillian Skinner said the website, which ...

Couch potatoes double risk of blood clots. Lying around for long stretches outside of work doubles the risk of dangerous blood clots in the lungs, according to a new study among women. The study looked at the risk of pulmonary ...

With a growing effort to keep people out of hospital, community based services are meeting an important need, writes Greta Marsh. It’s late on a Friday afternoon and 45-year-old Mary is in a great deal of pain from a laceration ...

The impact bullying in the workforce has on retention and attraction of required workforce needs to be addressed by workforce planners. Close to one third of Australian workers say they have been bullied in the workforce, while 42 per cent ...

Experiencing cancer from both sides of the bed, one nurse knows how treatment is provided is just as important as the treatment itself. By Annie May. Melissa Oostenbroek's sisters don't know how she can be a cancer nurse. For them ...

It's been three years since Jane McGrath's passing and her dream is taking flight, with the 67th McGrath Breast Care Nurse position literally taking to the skies. In a first for Australia, a fulltime breast cancer nurse will be joining ...

A new study is one of the few to examine pain in non communicative residents with dementia, writes Megan Stoyles. Enrolled nurses and personal care attendants in aged care facilities are better at recognising pain in non verbal residents with ...